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In this thread, there was much said about wasted government resources, much of it in attempts to find revenue in the tough economy.

Well, I received in the US Mail today (as many of you may have, or soon will), an example of absolute idiocy that amounts to total waste, pure and simple.

I received a letter, sent First-Class US Mail, from the Census Bureau, presumably sent to ALL US HOUSEHOLDS, telling us, that in a week or so, they will be sending us our Census forms.

WTF!

Bulk mail costs, printing costs, cost of the paper and envelopes, and untold manpower hours. How much did this cost?

Just send the forms. A prologue is unnecessary.

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Moderator Note: Pure political discussions like this are prohibited because of the divisiveness that they can cause. It seems like this is one that crosses the divide and it's in a semi-private forum, so I'll let it remain until or unless it becomes divisive.

Sadly, this mailing is one of the smaller expenses. With an estimated cost of $11.8 billion and a population of 300 million, that's almost $40 for every man, woman and child in the US.

Just a guess - but maybe they are looking for 'return to sender' returns telling them they have a bad address so they don't waste even larger bucks sending the main packet to a bad address and then paying a larger 'return to sender' fee

Just a guess - but maybe they are looking for 'return to sender' returns telling them they have a bad address so they don't waste even larger bucks sending the main packet to a bad address and then paying a larger 'return to sender' fee

That would be smart, hence I don't think it was the plan. They would need time to remove the addresses that "bounced" from the master database, I don't think they would be able to handle that that quickly.

Nope, they are paying up to $22/hour for people to deliver that to you. If you have a dog, or if you are not home, they leave it on your doorknob. Then, in a month or two, if it hasn't been turned back in, they will start coming around and filling out the form for you on a one on one interview.

Originally Posted by 2busy

Mine was only addressed to:
Residential Customer
city, state & zip

But that was over a week ago. Today I found a form hanging on my front driveway gate, obviously hand delivered...to save on postage maybe?